US3885664A - Transport-direction reversing apparatus for an automatic mail handling system and the like - Google Patents

Transport-direction reversing apparatus for an automatic mail handling system and the like Download PDF

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US3885664A
US3885664A US404049A US40404973A US3885664A US 3885664 A US3885664 A US 3885664A US 404049 A US404049 A US 404049A US 40404973 A US40404973 A US 40404973A US 3885664 A US3885664 A US 3885664A
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Akira Fujimura
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C1/00—Measures preceding sorting according to destination
    • B07C1/18—Orientating articles other than in a stream, e.g. turning, deflecting or changing direction
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S271/00—Sheet feeding or delivering
    • Y10S271/902—Reverse direction of sheet movement

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  • a transport-direction reversing apparatus for flat articles in which the flat articles transported along feeding belts are guided to enter into a space between a pair of endless belts moving in the direction reverse to the flatarticle transport, and then the space is narrowed by pressing one of the endless belts sideways with respect to the motion of the belt by means of a movable roller, whereby the flat article is transported in the reverse direction.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of this invention.
  • FIGS. 2(A), 2(B) and 2(C) show plan views illustrating the operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1.
  • this embodiment because the movable roller 21 is activated in response to the detection of the trailing edge of the flat article, it is possible to handle the flat articles of a variety of sizes. Furthermore, this invention does not require the suction chamber needed in conventional apparatuses. Therefore, the installation of the apparatus of the present invention involves smaller amount of noise and space.
  • a transport-direction reversing apparatus for such flat articles as postal matter comprising:
  • moving roller means installed in a space surrounded by one of said endless belts for reducing said distance between said endless belts in response to said detecting means so that said flat article fed from said transporting means is transported by said endless belts.
  • a transport-direction reversing apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein said means for detecting said flat article comprises a lamp and a photodetector on either side of said means for transporting a flat article in a first transport direction, said means for detecting being sensitive to the passage of said fiat article.
  • a transport-direction reversing apparatus as recited in claim 2 wherein said means for transporting a flat article in a first transport direction comprises a second pair of endless belts, the belts of said second pair 4 means for reducing the distance therebetween, and said fiat article is thereafter transported in said second direction by the contacting belts of saidfirst and second pairs of endless belts.

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  • Separation, Sorting, Adjustment, Or Bending Of Sheets To Be Conveyed (AREA)
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  • Delivering By Means Of Belts And Rollers (AREA)
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US4359217A (en) * 1980-09-02 1982-11-16 Xerox Corporation Inverter with proportional force paper drive
US4692020A (en) * 1984-11-17 1987-09-08 Ricoh Company, Ltd. Sheet reversing in copying machine and other sheet-handling machines
US4701617A (en) * 1984-10-20 1987-10-20 Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. Stimulable phosphor sheet conveyance apparatus
US4704530A (en) * 1984-10-20 1987-11-03 Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. Radiation image read-out apparatus
US4802665A (en) * 1986-07-29 1989-02-07 Compagnie Generale D'automatisme Cga-Hbs Conveyor device for flat objects
US4955964A (en) * 1988-08-19 1990-09-11 Ncr Corporation Sheet handling apparatus
FR2707188A1 (fr) * 1993-05-06 1995-01-13 Licentia Gmbh Dispositif pour l'inversion de la direction d'articles plats.
BE1010140A3 (nl) * 1995-10-06 1998-01-06 Alcatel Bell Nv Omkeermodule voor poststukken.
US20050067765A1 (en) * 2003-09-11 2005-03-31 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Sheet reverse controller
US20070215438A1 (en) * 2004-05-29 2007-09-20 Goeran Keil Device for Reversal of Direction of Planar Letters
CN103407806A (zh) * 2013-07-04 2013-11-27 河北工程大学 一种钞票多路传送装置

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US2787363A (en) * 1953-11-05 1957-04-02 Cutler Hammer Inc Apparatus for handling sheet-like articles
US3224558A (en) * 1962-12-05 1965-12-21 Bonnierfoeretagen Ab Reversing belt conveyor apparatus
US3273886A (en) * 1964-12-09 1966-09-20 Warren S D Co Reverse transport for flexible sheets
US3339705A (en) * 1964-12-28 1967-09-05 Telefunken Patent Article conveying
US3476384A (en) * 1967-07-14 1969-11-04 Sta Hi Corp Newspaper-stream reversing apparatus
US3612249A (en) * 1969-05-31 1971-10-12 Ralfs Kg Org Vertical conveyor transfer means
US3717249A (en) * 1971-02-22 1973-02-20 Moore Dry Kiln Co Sorter and stacker for veneer sheet and strip material
US3724657A (en) * 1970-05-16 1973-04-03 Nippon Electric Co Switching device for delivering sheet-like articles
US3729188A (en) * 1969-05-12 1973-04-24 Xerox Corp Document stacker apparatus
US3789973A (en) * 1972-12-29 1974-02-05 W Kugler Material conveyance system for feeding workpieces to a processing tool

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US2787363A (en) * 1953-11-05 1957-04-02 Cutler Hammer Inc Apparatus for handling sheet-like articles
US2725972A (en) * 1954-05-07 1955-12-06 Cutler Hammer Inc Mechanism for conveying and counting flat, flexible articles delivered in a stream
US3224558A (en) * 1962-12-05 1965-12-21 Bonnierfoeretagen Ab Reversing belt conveyor apparatus
US3273886A (en) * 1964-12-09 1966-09-20 Warren S D Co Reverse transport for flexible sheets
US3339705A (en) * 1964-12-28 1967-09-05 Telefunken Patent Article conveying
US3476384A (en) * 1967-07-14 1969-11-04 Sta Hi Corp Newspaper-stream reversing apparatus
US3729188A (en) * 1969-05-12 1973-04-24 Xerox Corp Document stacker apparatus
US3612249A (en) * 1969-05-31 1971-10-12 Ralfs Kg Org Vertical conveyor transfer means
US3724657A (en) * 1970-05-16 1973-04-03 Nippon Electric Co Switching device for delivering sheet-like articles
US3717249A (en) * 1971-02-22 1973-02-20 Moore Dry Kiln Co Sorter and stacker for veneer sheet and strip material
US3789973A (en) * 1972-12-29 1974-02-05 W Kugler Material conveyance system for feeding workpieces to a processing tool

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4359217A (en) * 1980-09-02 1982-11-16 Xerox Corporation Inverter with proportional force paper drive
US4701617A (en) * 1984-10-20 1987-10-20 Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. Stimulable phosphor sheet conveyance apparatus
US4704530A (en) * 1984-10-20 1987-11-03 Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. Radiation image read-out apparatus
US4692020A (en) * 1984-11-17 1987-09-08 Ricoh Company, Ltd. Sheet reversing in copying machine and other sheet-handling machines
US4802665A (en) * 1986-07-29 1989-02-07 Compagnie Generale D'automatisme Cga-Hbs Conveyor device for flat objects
US4955964A (en) * 1988-08-19 1990-09-11 Ncr Corporation Sheet handling apparatus
FR2707188A1 (fr) * 1993-05-06 1995-01-13 Licentia Gmbh Dispositif pour l'inversion de la direction d'articles plats.
US5449166A (en) * 1993-05-06 1995-09-12 Licentia Patent-Verwaltungs-Gmbh Apparatus for reversing the direction of flat items
BE1010140A3 (nl) * 1995-10-06 1998-01-06 Alcatel Bell Nv Omkeermodule voor poststukken.
US20050067765A1 (en) * 2003-09-11 2005-03-31 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Sheet reverse controller
US20070215438A1 (en) * 2004-05-29 2007-09-20 Goeran Keil Device for Reversal of Direction of Planar Letters
US7306219B2 (en) * 2004-05-29 2007-12-11 Siemens Ag Device for reversal of direction of planar letters
CN103407806A (zh) * 2013-07-04 2013-11-27 河北工程大学 一种钞票多路传送装置

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NL7313684A (ja) 1974-04-09
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